Bailey v. Stetson

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Eustis, C. J.

On the 10th of August, 1844, the plaintiffs, who are respectable shipwrights on the opposite side of the rival’, made a contract for the repair of the steamer Brilliant, of which the defendants were owners. The price of the repairs was fixed at $900, payable one half in cash, and the other in ninety days, in good city paper. The repairs were made, and additional work was done to the boat to the value of $200. The jury gave the plaintiffs averdictfor these sums. The difficulty between the parties, as discussed before us, grows out of the…